Mt. Kinabalu National Park is a World Heritage Site. I believe it is due to its large number of endemic plants and animals. We took a day trip there and went on guided nature walk. With two little kids, a serious trek in the forest isn’t realistic so my sense is we didn’t tap into [...]
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Mt. Kinabalu
Posted in Nature, travel on February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Orangutans
Posted in Nature, travel on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As promised earlier, here are my pictures from our guided Nature Walk in Sabah, Borneo.
Sakura!
Posted in Nature, travel on February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We didn’t expect any cherry blossoms for our visit. It is only January afterall. But when we went to Shinjuku Park not far from our hotel, we were surprised to see the early cherry blossoms in bloom. Also open were mini daffodils.
OK, it’s hot now.
Posted in Food, Nature on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the beginning of May, we had two weeks of glorious weather here in Taipei – mid-high 70′s, clear blue skies, and low humidity. But now it’s gotten hotter. Past few days have seen temperatures in the mid-80′s and the humidity somewhere between 60-70%. I think the hot weather is here to stay. Last night [...]
Alishan and Sitou trip report
Posted in Culture, Nature, travel on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned in my last post that it had been a few years since my uncle had small children so it’s not hard to understand that his idea of vacationing was to go around to as many places as possible. But since I got home and mentioned our whirlwind trip to some Taiwanese friends as [...]
OK – I don’t care for the mosquitos
Posted in Nature on March 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Historically, I am the mosquito magnet. When Peter and I traveled in SEAsia before the kids were born, the only strategy to reduce (not eliminate mind you!) the number of bites I would get was to slather repellent on me and ensure Peter wore no repellant. I have finally met someone who is tastier to mosquitos [...]
